THE AMERICAN TARIFF.
SL'UOESTUD ALTERATIONS. Received March 18, 10.X1 p.m. Washington, March 18. The Payne Tariir mil has been Bub■in it ted toCongress. 11 provides for a 21} <per cent, ad valorem added to regular .rates in the lease of runntrieri not givilifl the most, favored rates to tile United States. A few unimportant increases are made for revenue pnrposes. Manufactured articles of llax, hemp, and jute are generally reduced per cent. Newspaper printing paper and hides are largely reduced, wood-pulp being made free. Iron and steel imports arc reduced 30 to 30 per cent., while the wool and woollen -schedule is practically untouched. The Bill provides for reciprocal free trade with the Phillipines with certain limits, .sugar and tobacco arc imported duty free.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 46, 19 March 1909, Page 2
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124THE AMERICAN TARIFF. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 46, 19 March 1909, Page 2
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